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I WAS BORN WITH TWO TONGUES
2002 East Coast Tour
Merilynne Quon-Hamano
March 10, 2002
I WAS BORN WITH TWO TONGUES is a breakthrough Pan-Asian American spoken word group based out of Chicago. First, hitting us hard with BROKEN SPEAK (review on this site), they went on to team up with The Pacifics, a Pilipino spoken word group also based out of Chicago, to create and present YELLOW TECHNICOLOR.
I WAS BORN WITH TWO TONGUES expresses and represents a new generation of Asian Pacific Islanders. POWERFUL pieces on all aspects of the API experience are presented passionately and eloquently: there is something for everyone.
I joined 400 API youth at Pomona College on November 16, 2001 to experience Yellow Technicolor. As Daren Mooko had promised, it was AMAZING. In a standing room only auditorium, people were up out of their seats: dancing, clapping, and screaming. My favorite piece: "Excuse Me America" was done by Anida. From the frontpage of www.2tongues.com
PEACE FAMILY
In these crucial times, we wish especially for all y'all
to be safe from harm, protected from the storm, and mindful..We grieve
and mourn for those lost, and fear for those still in danger. We plead
and pray for peace, for an end to war..An end to the misery begun by
the attacks in NYC, an end to the racist scapegoating of our Arab American
brothers and sisters, an end to the mindset of blind patriotism and retaliation
that threatens to bring us more needless bloodshed. And not just this,
but an end to the conditions that birthed these tragedies..An end to
oppressive U.S. foreign policy that turns the lives of women and children
worldwide into a chess game..An end to the condition of ignorance that
makes us blind to the suffering of Others..An end to the violence that
rots us from the inside out. No More War. No More War. No More War.
"Our Grief is Not a Cry for War!"
Be Safe One Love I Was Born With Two Tongues
Check out their Spring 2002 tour:
- March 9 10pm Lawrence Univ Memorial Union
- March 20 8pm Columbia College Hermann D Connaway Ctr
- March 23 7pm Arizona State Univ Neeb Hall
- March 30 9pm Earlham College Richmond Indiana Runyan Ctr
- April 6 9pm University of Pittsburgh David Lawrence Hall
- April 12 & 13 UMASS Amherst/ Intersection: Future
Aesthetics Conf
Contact them at www.2tongues.com
